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DELEGATE H. TAYLOR: Mr. President, this is

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one of those oversights that might result in endless

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trouble for me, but I forgot that my wife is in the rear

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balcony. (Laughter)

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And she is really the most important of all

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the women in my life. (Applause)

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Singer.

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DELEGATE SINGER: Mr. President, I would like

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to announce that the words of Ira Wagonheim, the Poet

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Laureate of the Convention, are now in published form and

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are available in the clerk's office if anyone is interested

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in retaining for posterity this notable addition to the

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convention proceedings.

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On a personal note, I would ask the Convention

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to join with me in giving a warm welcome to my mother,

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who is sitting in the balcony above the rostrum, Mrs.

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Anna Singer. (Applause)

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Clagett.

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DELEGATE CLAGETT: I would like to introduce

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to this assembly and have them recognize my daughter,

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Elizabeth Eastman Clagett. Her father has spent only